Description:
Kagome Puzzle Box 4 sun - 12 steps - This Japanese Secret / Puzzle Box is made in the Kagome pattern. This pattern is the original traditional design used for puzzle boxes. Every box is a little different in design depending upon how the pieces are applied. Each Japanese puzzle box is individually handcrafted using techniques passed down through the generations since the Edo Period and imported directly from the artists in Hakone Japan.

Secret puzzle boxes first appeared in the Edo Period, when the design for the trick opening mechanism was first developed. The technique was perfected in the middle of the Meiji era, and since then, continuous improvements have been made to make the art what it is today. To open the box, each box must be rotated, turned and moved a specific number of times (steps). Each style of box is different, full of surprises and unique ideas. Unique to Hakone, these boxes cannot be found anywhere else in the world. There are less than a dozen craftsmen working today to make these unique boxes.